We're deep in marking season so this feels like a remnant of another life, but my article, 'Sexual Violence and Military Justice in the Occupied South' is now available in the June issue of Civil War History: muse.jhu.edu/pub/14/artic...

Feels a bit absurd to be promoting this, but there's a 12 month 18/19th C American history post at Cardiff. Deadline 15.06.25. Feel free to msg or contact me via email - doddingtond@cardiff.ac.uk - for further information: krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...

This looks like a very useful event

The ITPS (Institute for Thomas Paine Studies)@theitps.bsky.social · last yr.

While it's not reflected on our site yet (will be soon) the CFP for "Taking Stock and Setting Agendas" with the @easmisc.bsky.social & @mcneilcenter.bsky.social is extended until June 1st! So some extra time to send in your proposals, and check out the details here: theitps.org/event/taking...

14 May 1607: English colonists arrive at Jamestown. In my book The Virginia Venture @pennpress.bsky.social I explored the social history of this colonial project, from an English/transatlantic perspective involving women, the poor, children, institutions #onthisday #Jamestown #Virginia #history

My book is now officially in print! Order 'Exceptionalism in Crisis: Faction, Anarchy, and Mexico in the US Imagination during the Civil War Era' here: uncpress.org/book/9781469...

Exceptionalism in Crisis | Alys D. Beverton | University of North Carolina Press

Before 1861, US Americans could confidently claim to belong to the New World's "exceptional" republic, unlike other self-governing nations in the Western Hem...

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Fascinating OPEN ACCESS article by @aishadjelid.bsky.social in ANCH on forced reproduction in the antebellum South, filling an important gap in the historiography of American slavery - read and share free of charge using this link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @branchuk.bsky.social

“The master whished to reproduce”: slavery, forced intimacy, and enslavers’ interference in sexual relationships in the antebellum South, 1808–1861

This article examines the extent to which enslavers across the antebellum South forced enslaved men and women to reproduce. Using a spectrum of violence as a tool of coercion, enslavers coerced, ca...

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Long overdue … committees.parliament.uk/committee/20...

Education Committee announces session on higher education funding - Committees - UK Parliament

Education Committee Chair Helen Hayes MP has today announced a deep dive evidence session examining funding issues in the higher education sector. 

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Interesting thread on public history, Reddit, and gaming…Didn’t think I’d be putting together those three in a sentence today

AskHistorians@askhistorians.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our litmus test is instead whether a discussion is *productive*. In education, productive discussion is enabled by shared training, knowledge, reading and goals. Put a classroom of history students together in a room and it's reasonable to expect they can have useful (if imperfect) conversations.

Very pleased to be part of this project. Look out for more updates on 'American Imperialism in the Long Nineteenth Century' soon!

Edd Mair@edwardmair.bsky.social · 2y ago

After 2.5 years of work, the 4 volumes of our collection "American Imperialism in the Long Nineteenth Century: A Documentary History, 1775–1919" has been sent to the publishers. Hopefully out soon-ish! Thanks to my co-editors Adam Burns, @alysbeverton.bsky.social & @alex-bryne.bsky.social.

If you’re a UK-based US historian you should definitely consider putting in for this, especially if you’re PhD/ECR. BrANCH is such a welcoming conference for those starting out in academia, and this year it’s teaming up with BGEAH! What could be better???

BrANCH@branchuk.bsky.social · 2y ago

We're thrilled to open the call for papers for the 2025 BrANCH Conference, to be held jointly with the British Group in Early American History (BGEAH). This year’s conference will be hosted in Cardiff, Wales on September 12-14, 2025! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Find out more info & how to apply on our website 👇

We're thrilled to open the call for papers for the 2025 BrANCH Conference, to be held jointly with the British Group in Early American History (BGEAH). This year’s conference will be hosted in Cardiff, Wales on September 12-14, 2025! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Find out more info & how to apply on our website 👇

Cardiff 2025 — British American Nineteenth Century Historians

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Learn how and why Thomas Jefferson, citizen scientist, tracked the weather. Learned a lot researching + writing this for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social 🗃️ ✍️ #skystorians www.smithsonianmag.com/history/disc...

Discover Why Thomas Jefferson Meticulously Monitored the Weather Wherever He Went

The third president knew that the whims of nature shaped Americans' daily lives as farmers and enslavers

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Hey folks, a reminder that you have until the end of this month to get a 30% discount when you pre-order my book Exceptionalism in Crisis: Faction, Anarchy, and Mexico in the U.S. Imagination during the Civil War Era uncpress.org/book/9781469...

Exceptionalism in Crisis | Alys D. Beverton | University of North Carolina Press

Before 1861, US Americans could confidently claim to belong to the New World’s "exceptional" republic, unlike other self-governing nations in the Western H...

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EXCEPTIONALISM IN CRISIS, by @alysbeverton.bsky.social. For many Americans in the 19thc, Mexico was regarded as the unstable, uncivilized, revolution-prone nation to the South - an example of what the US would never be. The Civil War made them revisit these assumptions. uncpress.org/book/9781469...

Exceptionalism in Crisis | Alys D. Beverton | University of North Carolina Press

Before 1861, US Americans could confidently claim to belong to the New World’s "exceptional" republic, unlike other self-governing nations in the Western H...

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Need a last minute xmas gift? Never fear! My book Exceptionalism in Crisis: Faction, Anarchy, and Mexico in the US Imagination during the Civil War Era is available to pre-order from @uncpress.bsky.social. Follow this link www.uncpress.org/book/9781469... and use the code 01SOCIAL30 for 30% off

Exceptionalism in Crisis | Alys D. Beverton | University of North Carolina Press

Before 1861, US Americans could confidently claim to belong to the New World’s "exceptional" republic, unlike other self-governing nations in the Western H...

uncpress.org